The Leader of the Welsh Conservatives, Darren Millar MS has written an open letter to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Sir Keir Starmer MP, formally requesting that St David’s Day, which takes place on Saturday 1st March this year, be made a permanent bank holiday.

Renewing Welsh Conservative calls, Darren wrote: “As the feast day of Wales’s patron saint, St David’s Day is an important occasion for celebration for people in Wales every year, and I believe that recognising this day as a bank holiday would have enormous benefits for our nation…”

Commenting, Leader of the Welsh Conservatives and Leader of the Opposition in the Senedd, Darren Millar MS said:

“Making St David’s Day a bank holiday is long overdue.

“This move will help put Wales on the map, boost tourism, enhance Welsh cultural recognition and will give people a day of reflection to remember what it means to be Welsh, bringing parity with St Andrew’s Day in Scotland and St Patrick’s Day in Northern Ireland.

“So let’s make St David’s Day a bank holiday, to finally and formally recognise the importance of this Welsh day of cultural significance and to celebrate, with food and song, the patron saint of Wales.”